The first step in making better decisions to reduce flood risk in time for next atmospheric river that will hit the BC coast is to understand what happened this time. Here’s a start:
Read MoreStarting to Understand the BC Floods
8 Years Old!
Obviously, our 8th year was a bit different from the previous ones. Our small and nimble team quickly pivoted to work from home, our field trips included extra equipment and COVID protocols, and we learnt to conduct community engagement sessions in our pyjamas. Some things remained the same. We worked for dozens of amazing clients […]
Read MoreLooking for a New Flood Nerd – Junior Hydrotechnical Specialist
Update – 11 May 2021 We have found ourselves a new flood nerd. Thank you to all who have applied to this position. About Us Ebbwater Consulting is a small, specialised, passionate firm that works hard to mitigate flood and natural hazard risk in communities all across Canada. We aren’t your traditional engineering firm – […]
Read MoreFraser River Water Level Forecast Map
28 May 2021 The River Forecast Centre just released their first water level forecast of the year. We are just dusting of our maps and tools, and will update the page as soon as possible. In the meantime, the map below is for 09 July 2020. Forecast water levels at Mission well below 6.0 m […]
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Adaptation Canada 2020
Look out for the Ebbwater team at https://www.adaptationcanada2020.ca/ and come tell us your adaptation story. We’ll be bringing along our beaver buddy – let us know if you find him amongst the trees. We’ll help you track him down if you can’t find him 😉
Read MoreSea Level Rise in the Globe
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/british-columbia/article-whos-in-charge-of-keeping-bc-dry-as-sea-levels-rise-with-no/
Read MoreTo Strike or Not to Strike
Ebbwater’s core business is helping communities better prepare for natural hazards. These hazards are being driven by a changing climate – sea levels are rising, inland floods are increasing in severity, intensity and frequency, debris flows are being initiated more frequently, as are wildfires, to name just a few outcomes of climate change. We are […]
Read MoreThe Responsibility of Natural Hazard Risk Assessment
At Ebbwater we believe in what we do, and we do it as well as we possibly can. We are passionate that Sendai principle #1: Understanding Risk is the best place to start to reduce risk. But our core work, assessing natural hazard and risk, especially in light of a changing climate, is rarely a […]
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